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Posted 2022-09-25T17:07:36Z

Caleb Update 9/25/22

Last Wednesday, Caleb finished his re-induction protocol and had a bone marrow biopsy to see if there was any cancer left in his bone marrow.  Unfortunately, he still has 0.7% Leukemia cells in his marrow, so he is not in remission yet.  This was definitely not the result that we had hoped for.  What this means now is that the doctors are recommending we move toward bone marrow transplant at this point. [...]

Posted 2022-09-19T02:43:24Z

Caleb Update 9/18/22

First, we want to say thank you so much to everyone who has sent us texts, emails, messages, phone calls, cards, gifts, pictures, donations, thoughts, prayers and just about anything else positive we can think of. These last couple of weeks have been some of the hardest of all of our lives, and we can’t tell you how much it means to us that we have so many people in our corner.[...]

Posted 2022-09-07T01:29:22Z

Donations (link is at the bottom of this page)

Dear Family and Friends: 

We are starting a fundraising effort to benefit Colleen, Mike, Caleb, and Felix.  As you may know, Caleb was diagnosed with relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on 8/20/22 and is currently hospitalized for the next several weeks for induction chemotherapy. After his induction is complete, his overall treatment course is still uncertain but inevitably will be a long, difficult road. During this time, Colleen and Mike will be by his side, supporting him in every way possible. This situation unfortunately requires their family to be separated, with Felix being cared for by family in Pennsylvania and Delaware. As you might imagine, there are significant costs associated with sustaining two separate living environments in addition to those associated with Caleb's hospitalization and cancer-directed treatments. [...]

Posted 2022-09-02T01:25:36Z

CALEB UPDATE 9/1 - from Colleen and Mike

Our little man is hanging in there.  He has felt very sick this time, having a lot of trouble eating and SUPER low energy. The good news was that they did not find any leukemia cells in his spinal fluid, and it looks as if his Leukemia is genetically almost the same as last time, with very little mutation. As far as long-term treatment plans, that is all still very much in a wait and see phase.  We will not know what the next step of the protocol is until the end of this 28 day re-induction course of chemo.  If he is in remission, and there is no trace of cancer in his blood at that point, that gives us the most options for treatment.  [...]